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Roy Disney Presents At The Newport Film Festival 2008

Animated News & Views heads down to Los Angeles’ Newport Beach to catch some rarely screened animated shorts from the Disney vaults!

Hola Amigos!

Celebrating the release of The Classic Cabelleros Collection with a couple of new clips!

Ready for Jack Skellington on Blu-ray Disc? The future looks cool, but watch out for that tree!!

Nightmare Before Christmas on Blu-ray; still time to enter our April contests, plus a look back on George Of The Jungle!

George Of The Jungle: The Complete Original Series

Jay Ward’s last great contribution to television cartoons is just as fun as ever. The Tarzan parody, along with other segments that include Super Chicken and Tom Slick, serves up more laughs than a season’s worth of many other programs.

Seeing is Beelieving! Plus two new great contests!

Bee Movie fully reviewed, plus Sabrina and Classic Cabelleros contests!

The Classic Cabelleros Collection Contest – Winners!

Classic Cabelleros Collection giveaway – Winners Announced!

Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Complete – Winners!

Five copies of Sabrina The Teenage Witch: The Complete Series – Winners Announced!

Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition

Jerry Seinfeld’s DreamWorks collaboration is a fun and delightfully old-fashioned concoction, with the DVD packing in a mixture of top-notch bonuses and weaker material.

Another walk in the Park…

The South Park: Imaginationland trilogy is reviewed, plus our Tom & Jerry Tales 4 winner announced!

South Park: Imaginationland

South Park returns in a three-episode special that attempts a larger than usual storyline, but can’t compare to the epic brilliance of Bigger, Longer And Uncut.

Ollie Johnston…RIP

Ollie Johnston, legendary Disney animator, has passed away aged 95.

Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, Tom, and Jerry!

Rand’s take on Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm, plus our Tom & Jerry winner is forthcoming.

The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series

Fred’s and Barney’s kids have grown up, and show the same tendencies towards getting into trouble as their fathers.

Anything on DVD this week?

Rand laments the lack of exciting DVD releases this week.

Bruce Broughton's Bambi II; More Justice League and Tom & Jerry Tales

We talk to Bruce Broughton about Bambi II, review the Hi-Def Toon Justice League on Blu-ray Disc, and have a new Tom & Jerry contest up too!

Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4 – Winner Announced!

Win a copy of Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4!

Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music

Jeremie Noyer speaks to prolific animation composer Bruce Broughton about scoring in the footsteps of Frank Churchill on DisneyToons’ midquel Bambi II.

Justice League: New Frontier

This great DTV movie looks even better in high defintion, though the benefits are modest.

Biff! Pow! Zowie! Batman's coming back, and so is Freakazoid – and more!

DVD announcements: Batman (1966) and V For Vendetta for Blu-Ray, The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films, plus – finally! – Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid!

We get animated with Dr Seuss!

Randall Cyrenne takes a look at the life and animated career of Ted “Dr Seuss” Geisel and his characters.

The Animated Seuss

Dr. Seuss had a lot more involvement in animation than you may have realized! Private Snafu, Puppetoons, and more surprises are covered in this retrospective.

Hey Seuss! Horton hears our Views! Plus the new League…

Our views on Horton Hears A Who! new and old, plus Justice League: The New Frontier!

Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition

For Horton fans, this is a worthy re-issue, while Seuss fans will be in their element with the feature-length documentary feature In Search Of Dr Seuss!

Horton Hears a Who!

While not faithful 100 percent, Horton Hears a Who! is close enough to Seuss’ original to be a perfectly fun film.

Justice League – The New Frontier: Special Edition

In the 1950s, the emergence of the Justice League helps America heal after a decade of paranoia and fear.

Enchanted's Kevin Lima and Chris Chase on their fairytale moviemaking experience – exclusive!

Our Enchanted coverage comes to a close with an exclusive interview with the film’s director Kevin Lima and executive producer Chris Chase!

Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase

In the grand finale of our Enchanted exclusives, Jeremie Noyer speaks to the two men who made it all happen: director Kevin Lima and executive producer Chris Chase!

From 2D to 3D: Enchanted's animation experts reveal all!

Enchanted‘s animation and visual effects supremos speak about their work on the film in traditional and computer animation, plus our take on The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town!

Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny

Animated Views’ Jeremie Noyer speaks with the two men responsible for Enchanted‘s traditional animation and computer animated effects: James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny!

The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town: Deluxe Edition

One of Rankin/Bass’ holiday classics comes to disc with pleasing audio and video, even if the special itself is vastly less memorable than some of their more popular efforts.